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The ''Wairarapa Times-Age'' is the regional daily paper for the Wairarapa in New Zealand, including Masterton. ==History== Of the first newspapers published in the region, the ''Wairarapa Mercury'' (later ''Standard''), the ''Wairarapa News'', the ''Wairarapa Register'' and the ''Newsletter'', all, except the ''Newsletter'' were forced to close down by fires in 1937, 1872 and 1878 respectively. However the ''Wairarapa News'' began again six years after the fire on 30 October 1878. This paper merged with the ''Wairarapa Free Press'' on 11 September 1878 to form the ''Wairarapa Daily'' which became the Wairarapa Daily Times in 1892. The ''Wairarapa Star'' was formed in 1881 and changed to the ''Wairarapa Age'' in 1902. These two papers, the ''Daily Times'' and the ''Age'' joined to form the ''Wairarapa Times-Age'' in 1938. The newly merged paper moved to a purpose-built Art Deco-inspired building on the narrow corner of Chapel Street (SH 2) and Cole Street in Masterton. While the ''Times-Age'' still has its offices and production team based in its building, the actual printing of the paper has since moved to Whanganui. In 2006, the building was listed as a Category 2 historic place ("places of historical or cultural heritage significance or value") by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust. The paper was acquired by Wilson & Horton Newspaper group in July 2002.〔(Wairarapa Times-Age )〕 This group was in turn bought up by APN News & Media.〔(APN leaps into Kiwi takeover. | Australasian Business Intelligence | Find Articles at BNET )〕 In May 2011 Wairarapa Times-Age, changed the format of its weekend edition morning edition to a compact size, the Monday to Friday editions remained broadsheet afternoon publications. In November 2011 the newspaper changed all editions to compact sized, morning publications. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wairarapa Times-Age」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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